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Category Archives: arab world

Thomas Heatherwick – “sunken oasis” for Abu Dhabi

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News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed plans to create a cavernous public park in Abu Dhabi beneath a fragmented canopy resembling the cracked surface of the Arabian desert. Occupying a 125,000 […]

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arab world, architecture, Urban

The Islamic city and architectural Orientalism

March 25, 2015by AW Leave a comment

By: Tariq Khamis Book review: Early twentieth century studies of the Islamic city take an Orientalist approach that fails to understand the true rationale behind the cities architectural heritage. In […]

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arab world, orientalism, Urban

Qatar World Cup Memorial by 1week1project

February 13, 2015by AW Leave a comment

The construction works towards the World Cup Qatar 2022 has brought a sad and growing number of workers killed. These fatalities have no name; His death does not make news, […]

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arab world, architecture

The DNA of Cities

February 12, 2015by AW Leave a comment

By Abdelbaseer A. Mohamed The built environment is a product of socio-economic, cultural, and political forces. Every urban system has its own ‘genetic code’, expressed in architectural and spatial forms […]

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arab world, Urban

Islamic or (not)?

August 26, 2013by AW Leave a comment

Islamic or not? That is not the question. It is about the relationship of us and our experience and our body to our surroundings. It’s about passing through place. about wandering through space and time, and about borders and crossings, and exchanges.

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arab world, architecture, art

Art and Architecture from a complex region, editorial comment

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We will try to answer a number of points that we receive in a dally bases about the scoop of this website. The recent surge of interest in contemporary visual, […]

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arab world, architecture, art

Arabic [perfect harmony] Calligraphy Space – [Architecture]

February 12, 2013by AW Leave a comment

Arabic calligraphy, is the artistic practice of handwriting, or calligraphy, and by extension, of bookmaking Architecture, is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. introduction for an […]

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arab world, orientalism

DAR HI HOTEL – TUNISIA

July 12, 2012by AW Leave a comment

Dar HI, an eco-lodge on the tip of Northern Africa, in the south Tunisian desert. The boutique hotel is the second collaboration (the first is a guest property in Nice) between French […]

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arab world, architecture

Is it a Mashrabiya House ?

July 10, 2012by AW 1 Comment

Architects: Senan Abdelqader Location: Jerusalem, Palestine Project Area: 1700 sqm Photographs: Amit Giron

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The Traditional urban fabric in the Arab word ‘pic’

July 6, 2011by AW 3 Comments

The old and Traditional areas in the Arab world cities are characterized by their complex urban fabric, which resulted in a cumulative process of activities over time. And In order […]

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arab world, Urban

St. Joseph university Beirut campus

June 25, 2011by AW Leave a comment

Everyone agrees that the Arabic fresh and up to date architectural cross cultural ideas comes from Beirut, Where the architectural education is the finest on the Arab world, strongly affected […]

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Phoenician or Arab? A never-ending debate in Lebanon

June 8, 2010by AW 5 Comments

Published: 7/06/2010 from BBC.com http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/180491/phoenician-or-arab-a-never-ending-debate-in-lebanon “I am a Phoenician, not an Arab,” asserts 20-year-old Lebanese student Rebecca Yazbeck when asked to define her identity, with nothing more than conviction to […]

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arab world, news
Dubai 2009

‘BEST’ Cities In The World (26 May 2010 Survey) Middle East countries start’s with Dubai (75)

May 28, 2010by AW 2 Comments

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arab world, Urban

(Contemporary)Street Art in the Arab World

April 23, 2010by AW 2 Comments

Here as the centre of the world (Lucy Cotter) As Edward Said suggested, the widening of cultural horizons has all too often had Europe firmly in the privileged centre. The […]

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World’s tallest building draws criticism of excess from German architects and A Guide to an Unsustainable City

February 14, 2010by AW 3 Comments

This is an article from TT30 member Ghanem Nuseibeh. TT30 is a thinktank of 30 members of Youth Organization of Club of Rome. They established a project called “Sustainable Dubai”. […]

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arab world, architecture, news

Shibam, Yemen

February 3, 2010by AW 16 Comments

Surrounded by a fortified wall, the 16th-century city of Shibam is one of the oldest and best examples of urban planning based on the principle of vertical construction. Its impressive […]

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arab world, History

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